Temperance movement

Sobering Up: The Temperance Movement – CultureNL Museums

Written by Alice W. Campbell, Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries. “During the first half of the 19th century, as drunkenness and its social consequences increased, temperance societie…

This lecture examines the roots and repercussions of Prohibition. Topics include women's role in the Temperance movement and Prohibition Era nightlife; the targeting of immigrant drinking culture; and the rise of corruption & crime under Prohibition.

A collection of the most confusing/unexplainable photos from my Tumblr blog, Black & WTF.

From 1920 until 1933 – beginning with the ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment and ending with the ratification of the Twenty-First Amendment – the United States prohibited the sale, prod…

From The Drunkard's Progress to Prohibition.